# Ezra Full Body MRI by Function Health Canonical page: https://technooptimist.io/longevity/ezra-full-body-mri Frontier: [Longevity](https://technooptimist.io/longevity.md) · Field: Preventive health scans · Company: [Function Health](https://technooptimist.io/companies/function-health.md) Stage: Deploy (4 of 5: Research → Proto → Pilot → Deploy → Scaling) Updated: last update 2026-01-05, facts checked 2026-10-11 Goal: Make a yearly whole-body MRI cheap and quick enough to be routine, so cancers and other silent disease are found early. The lever is AI that lets a short, noisy scan read like a long one. Status: Sold as Function's Annual MRI: about 22 minutes, head to pelvis, at 200+ US imaging sites. Next milestone: Offered at 200+ US imaging locations, target 2026 ## Milestones | Status | Milestone | Date | Slip | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Done | First FDA 510(k) clearance for Ezra Flash AI (brain MRI) | Jun 2023 | | | Done | Ezra Flash clearance extended to abdomen and pelvis | Feb 2025 | | | Done | Acquired by Function Health; scan cut to 22 min, $499 | May 2025 | | | Current | Offered at 200+ US imaging locations | 2026 | | | Planned | 15-minute, $500 full-body scan (Ezra's stated goal) | 2026 | | ## Upcoming events - **2026**: Offered at 200+ US imaging locations - **2026**: 15-minute, $500 full-body scan (Ezra's stated goal) ## Most important updates - **5 Jan 2026**: TIME profiles Ezra's full-body MRI: nearly 5% of clients flagged for highly suspicious cancer, while doctors warn of false alarms. A TIME profile of Ezra founder Emi Gal describes the post-acquisition scan: under 30 minutes, head to pelvis, about $500, focused on cancer in 13 organs. ([our story](https://technooptimist.io/stories/time-profiles-ezra-s-full-body-mri-nearly-5-of-clients-flagged-for-4e73f3f4.md) · [original source](https://time.com/collections/future-of-living/7341603/emi-gal-ezra-full-body-mri/)) - **May 2025**: Function Health acquires Ezra and launches a 22-minute, $499 AI-assisted full-body MRI for its members. Function Health, the blood-testing membership, bought full-body MRI startup Ezra for undisclosed terms. ([our story](https://technooptimist.io/stories/function-health-acquires-ezra-and-launches-a-22-minute-499-ai-assisted-ea6fdeb5.md) · [original source](https://longevity.technology/news/function-health-acquires-full-body-scanning-firm-ezra/)) - **Feb 2025**: Ezra wins expanded FDA 510(k) clearance for its Ezra Flash AI, now covering abdomen and pelvis MRI as well as the brain. Ezra received a new FDA 510(k) clearance for Ezra Flash, its AI model that reduces noise in MRI images while keeping diagnostic detail. ([our story](https://technooptimist.io/stories/ezra-wins-expanded-fda-510-k-clearance-for-its-ezra-flash-ai-now-4aa56a4b.md) · [original source](https://www.medicaleconomics.com/view/ai-powered-mri-cancer-screening-tool-receives-fda-clearance)) ## Current obstacles - **Incidental findings**: Most people have something harmless on a scan. Each flagged spot can mean more tests, cost and worry, and no major medical body yet recommends screening MRI. - **Proving it saves lives**: No large trial yet shows that screening healthy people with whole-body MRI lowers deaths; the evidence is company-reported detection rates. ## Physics limits - **Signal versus time**: MRI signal grows with scan time; halving the time cuts signal, so image quality on a short scan depends on how much an AI can safely infer rather than measure. - **Air gives MRI little to see**: MRI reads signals from hydrogen in water and fat, so air-filled lungs show poorly; Function sells a separate low-dose lung CT to screen for lung cancer and nodules. ## How it works ### Magnet, no X-rays: MRI images soft tissue without radiation A strong magnet and radio pulses make hydrogen in tissue give off signals that build 3D images of organs, so a yearly scan adds no radiation dose. ### Short scan, AI cleanup: Trading scan time for noise, then removing it A faster scan collects less signal and looks grainy. Ezra Flash, an FDA-cleared AI model, removes that noise while keeping detail radiologists need. ### Radiologist read: A doctor reviews every scan A board-certified radiologist reads each MRI with AI support and ranks findings by severity; urgent ones go to a clinician who contacts the member. ### Yearly baseline: Change over time is the signal Repeating the scan each year lets readers compare against the person's own baseline, so a growing spot stands out from one that has always been there. ## Spec sheet | Spec | Ezra Full Body MRI | Provenance | | --- | --- | --- | | Scan time (Annual MRI) | ~22 minutes | reported | | Body regions | Head, neck, abdomen, pelvis | reported | | Member price (Annual MRI) | $999 | reported | | US imaging locations | 200+ | reported | | Radiation dose | None (MRI) | reported | | Clients with highly suspicious cancer | Nearly 5% (company figure) | reported | Provenance: reported = stated by the company; estimated = our estimate; sample = a sample figure. ## About Function Health Preventive health testing platform (Austin, founded 2021; public 2023): 160+ lab tests 2x yearly, optional MRI/CT. 200K+ members, 100M+ tests completed. Series B: $298M @ $2.5B (Nov 2025); $450M growth capital (Jul 2026). - $365/year: 160+ tests twice yearly (heart, hormones, liver, kidney, inflammation, 1000+ conditions). - 200K+ members, 100M+ tests since 2023 public launch. Optional preventive MRI and CT screening add-ons. - Series B: $298M at $2.5B (Nov 2025, Redpoint lead); $450M growth capital (Jul 2026, General Catalyst). - Founded: 2021 - Headquarters: US - Status: private - Valuation: $2.5B (private valuation, 2025-11) - Staff: ~538 - Raised: $801M - Last round: Growth capital $450M, Jul 2026, led by General Catalyst - Website: https://www.functionhealth.com - People: Jonathan Swerdlin (CEO and Co-Founder); Pranitha Patil (Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder); Mark Hyman (Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer) - Partners, customers, investors: Redpoint Ventures (investor); General Catalyst (investor); Andreessen Horowitz (investor) Company page: https://technooptimist.io/companies/function-health.md ## Related programs More from Function Health: - [Function Membership](https://technooptimist.io/longevity/function-membership.md) (Scaling) Everything in Longevity: https://technooptimist.io/longevity.md --- The Techno Optimist tracks every frontier of technology, program by program: https://technooptimist.io/ (a Markdown version of any page: add .md to its URL; site map for agents: https://technooptimist.io/llms.txt). 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